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[ We do not hold ourselves responsible for , or even approving of , the opinions expressed by ourcorfespondents , but we wish in aspirit of fairplay to all to permit—within certain necessary limits—free discussion . 1 ¦

THE REVISED CONSTITUTIONS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — Can anyone explain the exact force of a portion of the verbiage employed in Section 141 ? It is as follows : " When a Warden rules the lodge he shall not occupy

the Master s chair , nor can initiations take place or Degrees be conferred unless the chair be occupied by a brother who is a Master or Past Master in the Craft . " What do these words really mean ? Are they intended to convey to us that the Master in the chair is to perform the

ceremony though the Warden rules the lodge ? or do they mean that the Warden is both to rule the lodge and perform the ceremony though a Past Master occupies the chair ? Is not the real meaning somewhat involved and dubious ? and what is thc true construction ? CURIOUS .

ELEUSINIAN MYSTERIES—PAPAL BULLS . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir , — I have to thank you for the Freemason that you have been good enough to send me , in which I see you have published my letter which appeared in the Times of

January 12 th , relative to the Greek inscription which I found at Eleusis . The inscription was on a marble column , probably the base of a statue set up at Eleusis at the command of the Athenian Government in honour of a citizen named Casianos , who , in spite of his Roman name

( Cassianus ) vvas an Athenian . He may be identical with the one mentioned in "Corpus Inscriptionum Atticarum , " vol . iii ., part 1 , No . 1194— 'E-rrl fipxovTos Kaaiavov UpoKripvms K . r . A . —and if so he belongs to the third century A . u . Thc family of the Kaeriai / oe of the deme SrtipieTr is well known from "Attic Inscriptions of

Imperial 'limes , see C . I . A ., vol . iii ., No . 810 , 1024 , 1063 . He had been as a boy initiated a < p' iariasa phrase which is not yet entirely understood , though it frequently occurs . The best discussion of it known to me is in Boeckh ' s " Corpus Inscriptionum Gracarum , " vol . i ., pp . 445-6 . At all events it was an honour for which one

child every year of noble Attic birth was selected at the Eleusinian Mysteries consisting of some point of ritual . He had afterwards been iepiienpv ^ ol the Eleusinian Deities . He had also gone on an embassy to Britain , probably at his own expense , for Athens . He had also borne the office of ayuvoBtrris—an expensive one—at thc games in honour of

Hadrian . He had held the office of trrparnyos , & c , but the man's " cursus honorum " and further services to the State here end , thc latter part of the inscription being lost . For a description of the Eleusinian Mysteries , I would refer you to Lobeck's " Aglaophamus . " The lesser Eleusinia were in reality only a preparation for thc real

mysteries , and the Mystre had to take an oath of sccresy , which was administered to them by the hicrophant . There can be no question that this lileusinian inscription , relating as it does to England , suggests the thought that the relationship which unites Freemasonry with those mysteries is a closer one than has sometimes been

supposeel . With regard to those more mysterious Papal Bulls and Indulgences said to have been granted to German Masons in 1502-17 , but which are not yet forthcoming , your correspondent , Mr . Speth , will make a search in vain for them in the muniment room of Strasburg Cathedral . In 1773 , during the Pontificate of Clement XIV ., a search was made

for these Bulls or Iudulgences , or any records of them , by command of his Holiness , at thc request of Governor Pownall , in thc Vatican Archives and elsewhere , but without result . Under the circumstances , I should not myself consider it necessary to revert to the Scotch verdict of " not proven , " if asked whether the Popes had published such Bulls , but should answer most emphatically " No . "—I am , sir , your very obedient . servant ,

HARTWELL D . GRISSELLL . Brascnose College , Oxford , January 27 th .

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THE ELEUSINIAN INSCRIPTION . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — In answer to Bro . Wheelhouse , 1 beg to say that the inscription unfortunately is too mutilated to make it at present read connectedly , and the allusions to the "Sacred Herald , " the " Mustes , " or Mystagogue , and " Eis

Britannian , " to Britain afford a fair and reasonable presumption that , found at Eleusis , the inscription actually alludes to the introduction of the Eleusinian Mysteries into Britain . I refer Bro . Wheelhouse to Mr . Grissell ' s very interesting letter elsewhere , as he kindly gives him all our present available information . —Fraternally yours , MASONIC STUDENT .

VOLUNTEERING AND FREEMASONRY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — My reply to "Doubtful ' s" first letter on this subject vvas given more particularly as a Freemason . I should like briefly to answer his last as a volunteer . My opinion

is not in any way authoritative and I may be wrong , but for whatever it may be worth here it is . A volunteer should appear in a lodge formed in connec . tion vvith a corps in the military or volunteer service , whether as a member or visitor , in uniform . It is a respectful duty ¦ to both corps and lodge that he should do so .

But to don the uniform for purposes of parade or show in lodges which are not connected with the royal or auxiliary services is to my mind , though not prohibited , in exceedingly bad taste . 1 know of instances where such a mistake has been made , and regretted that whispered comments on thc vanity and folly of the wearers had not been thundered into

their ears as a warning not to repeat the pompous exhibition . Will you permit me to ask your correspondent " Doubtful " to forward mc his address in confidence : I want to write to him . I should like also to be allowed to inform " A . M . D . "

that there is no question whatever as to " the validity of thc bye-law of Lodge 1216 " which refers to uniform . He should know that every lodge has a right to make its own bye-laws so long as no infringement of the Constitution laws of the Craft is caused thereby . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , youcs faithfully and fraternally ,

JAMES STEVENS , P . M ., P . Z . Clapham , January 30 th .

To thc Editor of the "Freemason , " Dear Sir and Brother , — Some correspondence having appeared in your paper respecting the wearing of uniform in lodges not attached to a military body , 1 think a very good answer to ' the question as to its being Masonic so to do might be

given if you will allow some member of the Rifle Brigade Lodge , No . 19 G 2 , to answer it . 1 saw in your last issue the report of the installation meeting , but no mention was made ot uniform being- worn . Did the members do so or were they simply in evening dress . —Yours fraternally . January 31 st . A . J . F .

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS . To the Editor of the "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — My attention has been drawn to a report in your last issue of an after ^ Hinner speech at a lodge meeting , in which a well-known brother in responding to the toast of

" The Charities " is represented as having referred to this Institution as "the Girls' School , which did not know how to spend its money ; " and , again , as saying " he was told they ( the Committee ) had 25 spare places after every candidate had been taken in . " Now , the first of these statements , taken in conjunction

with the remainder of the report , implies that the Girls ' School does not require thc active support and assistance of the Craft , and the second that if thc Committee saw fit they could even now extend the benefits of the Institution to at least an additional 25 children . Having regard to the official position of the brother from

whom these remarks emanated , I hasten officially and in thc most unequivocal manner possible to say that they are absolutely and entirely incorrect , and arc totally without the least justification in fact . As such reports have done and must do incalculable injury to the Institution I feel obliged to ask you to give this letter the same publicity which you have given the

statements referred to . As to the remarks of the same speaker that very little is seen of the Secretary of thc Girls' School , I would only observe that the supporters of the Institution will I trust always find him attending to his duties . —I am , dear Sir and Brother , yours faithfully and fraternally , January 31 st . F . R . VV . HEDGES , Secretary .

CITY MASONIC CLUB . To thc Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , — I believe a good non-proprietary City club for the

use of Freemasons only would be a success as a club and a convenience and a comfort to its members . Will those brethren who think with me kindly communicate their ideas through these columns ?—Yours fraternally , C . M . C . January 20 th .